Last night I took 655 pictures with a timer in Kokkola. In this picture, you can see a fair glimpse of Menkalina, next to it, Starlink stands out much dimmer.

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Last night and this morning, I photographed a total of 903 pictures with a timer. In the first picture from last night, a fair flash that would fit well with the target STARLINK-4413 At 21:10, could Starlink flash that bright. Also this morning two identified satellites SeaSat 1 At 3:58 and Resurs 1-4 Rocket At 3:28.

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In the morning I took 500 pictures with a timer, no fireballs hit the pictures, but two identified satellites went to Kokkola in the night.

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In the morning, a few satellites passed in the sky of Kokkola, more precise times in the pictures.

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The night had a clear sky and the full moon was very visible, minus 16 degrees.

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The sun was very bright today and a few spots were visible.

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In Kokkola, Venus and Jupiter were behind a cloud cover all evening, I was looking for a suitable seam to shoot, but the end result was better than what the shooting weather looked like in nature. Photographed with a Micro NIKKOR 60mm lens and focused from the LCD rear screen to the smallest point of the object.

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Kokkola 2.3.2023, in the morning I took pictures with the timer starting at 3:30 a.m., 613 pictures in total. Fireball month is going on here, but there was no hit, although a few satellites were in the pictures.

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Kokkola 27.2.2023, in the morning I shot with a timer of 20 seconds, every five seconds, a total of 366 pictures. At night it was 9 degrees below zero, the northern lights were visible in all the pictures. STARLINK-4306 Satellite passes the Little Bear at 4:56 At 5:20 a.m., the CZ-4C R/B satellite passes by the constellation Otava near the Ursa Minor.

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COSMO-SKYMED 1 approaches the direction of Mars - Seulasten in this image taken with a fisheye lens. At the same time, next to the moon, Uranus is almost out of reach of the moonlight. Kokkola 27.2.2023, I shot with a timer for 20 seconds, every morning starting at five in the morning, a total of 366 pictures, 9 degrees below zero. At 5:08 COSMO-SKYMED 1 is scanning the Otava constellation from the side of the Ursa minor.

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Kokkola 24.2.2023, I shot with a timer for 20 seconds, every morning starting at half past four in the country, a total of 633 pictures, 5 degrees below zero. At 4:40 a.m. Cosmos 2227 Rocket satellite Passes Mizar Otava star. In the lower images, the satellite CZ-2C R/B passes the arm of the Big Dipper at 4:50.

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In Kokkola, the evening was a star buff's dream, everything was available in prime time and the Moon, Jupiter and Venus were almost aligned. In addition, a special picture of the crescent moon. Nikon Coolpix P1000.

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Kokkola In the evening of February 22, 2023, the night sky brightened appropriately when I started shooting with the timer, total 259 pictures every 20 sec until the clouds covered the sky again. In these upper images, the USA 186 satellite passes Capella. In the lower pictures, SKYMED 2 passes Capella at 19:15:18.

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Here are two unidentified satellites from Kokkola February 22, at 19:26 and 19:37. Heavens-Above didn't give a hit on these.

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Kokkola 22.2.2023, I shot with a timer for 20 seconds, every morning starting at 5 in the morning, a total of 305 pictures, 15 degrees below zero.. At 5:26 the satellite passes the Otava constellation in several consecutive images. At 5:36, in one single time frame, the satellite flashes and passes the Otava Alkaid star. Heavens Above didn't hit the woman in the pictures.

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Kokkola On the evening of February 15, 2023, the night sky was partly clear when I started shooting with the timer, total a couple of hundred pictures until the clouds covered the sky. In this image, the STARLINK-4362 satellite passes Capella.

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Kokkola In the evening of February 13, 2023, the night sky was dark blue and I started shooting with the timer, total 839 images. In the picture, the satellite passes the Cassiopeia constellation, Heavens Above did not recognize this rover.

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Mars was the shooting target this evening, there were also quite a lot of different satellites in motion in that environment when I shot with the 60mm + 1.4 mm lens. The image may contain a meteor and Comet C2022 E3 (ZTF) which is faintly visible in red.

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Here last summer, Veikko M. said that you can see mirages in all seasons, so I headed for the sea ice when the first pleasant frosty weather was merciful after the dark autumn. Yes, there on the horizon you could clearly see mirages in the shipping lane at the distant islands.

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There was a full moon in Kokkola and a quiet night, so I started the timer photography session at half past four and there were 681 raps. Otava aligned this satellite quite nicely, but the direction did not match Heavens Above's drawings..

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